LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22112, 7 June 1937, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS

CANTERBURY TEAMS HONOURED SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE OF TROPHIES Members of the Canterbury lawn tennis teams which last season successfully defended the men's and women's interprovincial trophies, the Anthony Wilding Memorial Shield and the Kathleen Nunneley Casket, were entertained with their friends, by the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, at a dinner at Stonehurst on Saturday evening. The chairman of the management committee of the association. Mr James Mercer, presided, and proposed the toast of the teams. He said that though Canterbury had won the Wilding Shield on eight occasions last season's was probably the best performance ever recorded by a team from this province. Considering that Wellington, the principal challenger, had in its team the winner and the runnerup in the New Zealand singles championship, one of the New Zealand doubles champions, in fourth place, and still another player who had long been recognised as one of the Dominion's best, the result was indeed a credit to the Canterbury players, who again showed that they had the haw? knack of rising to the occasion. The women's team also had played extremely well, and the province was | fortunate in possessing such a strong and even four as Misses T. Poole, 1. Poole. E. Rudkin, and N. Bishop. Mr C. Angas, captain of the shield team, replied on behalf of the players. Mr R. Browning, donor of the provincial representative badges, presented the 1936-37 bars to the players who also received framed photographs of the teams. . _ The toast of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association was proposed *- Mr H. A. Barnett. and responded to by Mr G. L. Berry.

WINTER COMPETITION EASY WIN FOR LINWOOD Linwood gained a further easy wta in its match with North Beach B at Wilding Park on Saturday, when the mens inter-club winter competition of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association was continued in unfavourable weather. The results were:— Linwood v. North Beach B SINGLES . H. R. Escott beat W. Peppier. 6-0 6-0. M. Sharman beat P Butler, 6-3, 6-3. R. Jury beat J. McGillivray, 6-4, 6-2. H. Beverley beat R. Cattermole, 6-2, 6-3. DOUBLES Sharman and Beverley beat Peppier and Butler, 6-5, 6-2. ~ , . Escott and Jury beat Cattermole and McGillivray, 6-1. 6-5. Linwood won by 6 matches to 0. Edgeware v. Elmwood SINGLES W. McD. Anderson beat M. Souter. 6-1, *E. McKeague lost to B. Souter, 0-6, 0-6. A. D. Sandman lost to A. B. Fraser. G. Napier lost to W. P f Jones, ,4-6, 4-6. DOUBLES Anderson and McKeague lost to Souter and Souter, 6-4, 0-6, 1-6. Sandman and Napier lost to Fraser and Jones, 0-6, 6-4, 4-6. Elmwood won by 5 matches to l. Woolston v. Avonside SINGLES R. Lyon beat E. McGregor, 6-4, 6-2. A. Lee boat V. G. HM, 6-4, 6-4. A. Parish lost to G. Somerville, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 D. Sandman lost to H. A. Booth. 0-6, 3-6.

DOUBLES Lyon and Lee lost to McGregor aaft Hill, 3-6. 4-6. . . Avonside won by 3 matcbes to Z.